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Form of workAdult Community Mental Health - Lived Experience Worker - Consumer Support
- Peer Support Worker - Consumer
- Permanent - Full-time or Part-Time
- Based in Heidelberg
- Member of the North East Area Mental Health Service (NEAMHS) Continuing Care Service (CCS)
About Austin Health:
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.
Your new team:
CCS is a multidisciplinary team of highly passionate, experienced, supportive, collaborative and enthusiastic mental health professionals. Our values underpin everything we do. This role is a unique opportunity to have a real impact in meeting the needs of one of our community’s most complex and vulnerable cohorts. You will form solid working-relationships within the pre-existing community teams, and foster strong therapeutic relationships with our clients & their carers.
We support rehabilitation goals through the use of best evidence-based frameworks and assertive case management.
Your contribution:
- Provide one to one peer support to consumers using personal Lived Experience to provide a model of hope and recovery, including direct and over the phone support.
- Assist CCS consumers with recovery and wellness planning to help gain a sense of control and empowerment over their lives by building on strengths and resources.
- In collaboration, contribute to the development and review of consumers discharge plans to address needs that impact on discharge into the community.
- Contribute your unique range of personal skills and knowledge to the consumer group during groups and activities/appointments held during usual operating hours
Our Commitment to You:
- We foster a culture that celebrates and respects each and every person
- Generous salary packaging program to maximise your take-home pay
- Conveniently located near public transport
- Short stroll to the Burgundy Street shopping district
- Career development opportunities
- We support work-life balance through:
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Health and wellbeing support
- Employee Assistance Program
Questions? Don’t hesitate to reach out! We are happy to discuss your future with us.
Inclusion at Austin Health
We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.
Work with us!
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager.
